Toy.



Patented Aug. 6, [90L 6. SCHNEIDER.

TOY.

(Application filed Dec. 19, 1900.)

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UNiTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE SCHNEIDER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO I-I. HERBERT HAMMOND, OF SAME PLACE.

T O Y SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,996, dated August 6, 1901.

Application filed December 18, 1900. Serial 1%. 40.250- No model.

T or whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented cer- 5 tain new and useful Improvements in Toys,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in that class of toys in which a closed parachute is projected into the air by a spring-gun, cross- IO bow,or other suitable device and which opens during its downward movement.

The object of the invention is a toy parachute of thecharacter described which is so constructed that the weight of a figure simulating a man will be utilized to the best advantage in im pelling or driving the parachute on its upward movement through the air, and which weight as soon as the parachute asso mes position for the downward movement will serve to impart a downward jerk and thereby cause the parachute to open.

' The invention consists in certain constructions and arrangement of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure l is a side view of my improved parachute toy open with the weight parts' in the position which they assume during the down- Fig. 2 is a side view of the device with the parts in the position ready to be shot out of a springgun, the barrel of the gun. being in section. Fig. 3 is a detail side View of the lower part of the parachute-stick with the weighted figure in section, illustrating the detachable direct connection between the weight and the lower end of the stick. Fig. atis a detail perspective view of the link which is movable 4o longitudinally on the parachute-stick and which holds the figure suspended from said stick during the downward movement of the toy.

Referring to the drawings, the letteradesignates the body of a toy parachute or parasol provided with a runner and ribs (not shown) and a stick 6. Near its lower .end the said stick has secured thereto a transverse pin a, forming a stop for the downward movement of the weighted figure d with respect to said stick. The said weighted figure (1 may be composed of lead or any other sufficiently heavy metal, and preferably simulates a human figure. It is provided with a transverse opening 6, extending therethrough about its shoulder portion, in which is the lower crossbarf of the link. (Shown in detail in Fig. 4:.) The two vertical side bars 9 of said link serve as the arms for the weighted figure and. are connected together at theirupper ends by means of a loop h, which loosely surrounds the parachute-stick b above the transverse pin 0 and is of a diameter less than the length of said pin, whereby the link is permitted longitudinal movement 011 the parachute-stick, 6 5 but is limited in its downward movement thereon by said pin a. The head of the weighted figure d is provided in its top with a socket r), in which the lower end of the parachute stick is inserted, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, 7o

so that when projected from the gun the weighted figure (1 may drive the stick upwardiy through the air.

In practice the parachute is first closed and the end of the stick thereof is inserted in the socket of the weighted figure, which latter (the suspension-link) and the lower end of the stick are then inserted in the barrel j of a spring-gun, with the feet of said figure in contact with the spring-actuated piston 70. The 8o gun is then shot off, projecting the parachute toy through the air with the parts in the position just described. As soon as the toy loses its forward momentum the weighted figure,

being heavier than the parachute, will first slide downwardly on the parachute-stick until the loop 71 of the link strikes the transverse pin 0, and thereupon the weight will give a jerk to the parachute-stick b and cause the parachute-body to quickly open against the pressure of the air. The weight of the figure suspended from the stick, as in Fig. 1, will cause the parachute to remain open during its entire downward movement.

While I have shown my improved paraor any other suitable projecting device. Ioc

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is,

1. The combination of a parachute provided with a stick; a link movable longitudinally on said stick and limited in its downward movement thereon; and a weighted figure suspended by said link and provided with a socket in which the end of said stick is received whereby to hold said figure on the lower end of said stick at the time the parachute is projected, as set forth.

2. The combination of a parachute provided with a stick having a cross-pin near its lower end; a link having a loop loosely sur- 

